Gamifcation approaches are not always effective and vary in their success. Several studies suggest that unexpected results of effectiveness are related to a dearth of personalization of gamifed systems following a one-size-fts-all (OSFA) approach. Although research indicates that gamifcation design that is dynamically adjusted to the preferences of the person using the system (i.e., adaptive gamifcation) can positively impact behavioral or motivational outcomes, there is still a gap in understanding the effectiveness of adaptive gamifcation. This work aims to advance our understanding on the impact of adaptive gamifcation on motivational and behavioral outcomes in the context of gamifed crowdsourcing. To this end, an experiment (n=135) is conducted with a text-based adventure game that employs different versions of a narrative designed to address the specifc needs of previously conceptualized distinct types of users (i.e., Hexad user types). The results show that adaptive gamifcation does not lead to higher behavioral outcomes, i.e., increased crowdsourcing participation, or motivational outcomes. Conclusively, this work challenges the common assumption of adaptive gamifcation based on player types being worth the effort. Moreover, the results show that general need satisfaction is associated with increasing motivational outcomes, independent of a user’s player type. Therefore, this work suggests focusing on different perceptions of need satisfaction being required by individuals rather than focusing on player types which are abstractions of reality.